Cogent Communications (CCOI), which is not to be
confused with the defense stock Cogent, supplies
bandwidth at 50% below the market price and
provides its customers with a "one stop shop" high
speed digital connection. Cogent Communications is
able to provide this service because it has built
up its own Internet Protocol data network through
the purchase of small telco companies at an average
of a 50% discount in the wake of the dot.com bust
in 2000. Today, Cogent Communications is a Tier 1
Peering Partner, and is able to interconnect with
other telco providers at no additional cost.
The stock is at $11.49, just shy of its 52-week
high, but management made bullish statements
recently, and Bank of America upgraded Cogent
Communications. Cramer isn't so concerned about the
price, given the stock's upside potential,
especially since it traded at $30 in 2007. However,
he warned viewers that Cogent Communications is a
speculative stock and to invest with care; nobody
ever lost money waiting for a pullback, especially
in this tape. Dont forget to use limit orders, and
buy this one in small increments.